Example sentences of "had [pron] first [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ When I had my first heart attack 12 years ago I was terrified .
2 At eight I had my first migraine ( I could not please her , I might as well join her ; they stopped soon after I left home ) , and I started to get rapidly and relentlessly short-sighted .
3 I had my first operation when she was 14 months old .
4 Well I had my first operation twentieth of August then I had another one the second of October .
5 He was picked to run in the London Schools at Crystal Palace but withdrew , so I had my first opportunity to run outside the immediate neighbourhood of school and borough , in a new environment on an international track .
6 Its tunnels were almost big enough for me to go down , and sticking my head down one , I had my first smell of badger — and , of course , completely ruined my chance of seeing any animals that day .
7 I was about fifteen ; I made my first record and I started playing in nightclubs and I had my first drink .
8 But it was not until 1990 that I had my first spawning , and raised fry .
9 I remember that when I had my first Meccano set , Dad made a simple hoist which was clamped to the table , a pulley was fixed to a hook above the mirror and my Teddy Bear used to go on trips up to the ceiling .
10 ‘ It was n't long before I had my first bite which was a 3 lb 7 oz chub .
11 I was 14 when I had my first date .
12 During this time I had my first experience with a knitting machine .
13 When I reached the pit bottom , there was approximately three feet of water at the pit bottom and I had my first experience of water in the mines .
14 I watch the familiar shops and houses go by ; Mum 's old gift shop ( now a video shop ) ; the Arms , where I had my first pint ; Dad 's old garage , still doing business .
15 In 1967 I married and had my first child .
16 Well I feel erm really that we should have a little bit more compassion amongst ourselves as women and when I had my first child I had a very good friend who went through the pregnancy with me who is waiting for a child to arrive by adoption , and she had the baby a couple of months after I had my baby .
17 I had my first child one year after I got married .
18 Six years ago , I had my first child with no complications .
19 Six years ago , I had my first child with no complications .
20 far back in my life so I can recall my first piece of actual writing , I have a scrapbook at home and I look at it regularly , it had my first pieces of work in it , I usually drew pictures and then wrote things , my first piece was on A four and I have drawn a table , my mum and myself , I was holding a , I wrote one sentence and it was surprisingly literate this is what I wrote , it is my party and I wait for my friends to come , I did many pieces of work
21 I had my first car when I was 10 , with a chauffeur .
22 When we were seated facing each other again she gave me a ball of pink wool and a pair of knitting needles and I had my first lesson in how to knit properly without dropping stitches .
23 But it was in Colchester Park that I had my first lesson in conservation in microcosm , if you like .
24 In October last year I had my first lesson in a Cessna 152 with , the school 's senior instructor , and immediately caught the bug .
25 By the end of that day I had my first shots of a mink family in action .
26 I had my first motorbike when I was six years old .
27 ‘ It was all thanks to a woman at the meeting today that I had my first inkling of what had really been going on . ’
28 That evening I had my first meal since leaving England eighteen hours before ; by the time the pizza , chicken stew and garlicked beans arrived from the kitchen they were cold , but I was so hungry that I had seconds , which amazed Alex .
29 ‘ When I had my first implant , sir , ’ the soldier confessed , ‘ my old woman said to me , Frinza , he said , get yourself in the army soon as you can , boy .
30 I had my first bab theonly one I did do after we were married .
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